They block out all background nose I can feel my speakers vibrate yes yes yesssssssss totally in love. Pretty comfortable for gardening and the neoprene back makes them not flop around as much. They are completely different products with different manufacturing facilities. like lopsided. At first I considered that the quality is just not the same, as is the case with a lot of stuff today. I will be purchasing these again to give as gifts. U will need a screwdriver to tighten. Definitely, you have to SIZE Down. I could almost get sound through the cable if I wiggled it in the right direction but obviously the product was either extremely cheap, defective, or both Got a huge sofa cover thats wonderfully waterproof, but then the problem with that is that the pee spread spot is only about a foot wide, and then I have to wash the WHOLE couch cover and because I wont put it in the dryer I have to hang it to dry.